In advance of the big solar eclipse on August 21, author and journalist David Baron talks about his new book American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The rare spectacle of a total solar eclipse has given scientists throughout history fleeting opportunities to delve into everything from the sun&rsquo;s chemistry to Einsteinian relativity to... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The birth of a first child alters parents&rsquo; lives suddenly and forever: sleepless nights, afternoons in pajamas and hardly a moment&rsquo;s respite. Parents are able to make this transition...
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Western fence lizards are more spooked by red and gray shirts than they are by blue ones&mdash;perhaps because the males have blue bellies themselves. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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In advance of the big solar eclipse on August 21, author and journalist David Baron talks about his new book American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory...
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Journalist and author Susan Ewing talks about her new book Resurrecting the Shark: A Scientific Obsession and the Mavericks Who Solved the Mystery of a 270-Million-Year-Old Fossil. (And we'll discuss...
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Scott Kraus, vice president and senior science advisor at the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium in Boston, talks about the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine...
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The rare spectacle of a total solar eclipse has given scientists throughout history fleeting opportunities to delve into everything from the sun&rsquo;s chemistry to Einsteinian relativity to...
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The Cretaceous Period was a dangerous time for many animals, even for the &ldquo;dinosaur equivalent of a tank.&rdquo; Watch how researchers analyzed the pristine remains of a heavily armored...
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Honeybee populations have decreased at an alarming rate worldwide in the past decade. Watch how one team of researchers is using compounds extracted from a common mushroom to combat the parasitic...
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The Robocar, a fully autonomous electric racecar, recently debuted in Times Square, New York City. Watch how the Roborace team behind it imagine a new motorsport and how the Robocar might accelerate...
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Pop psychology tells us that complaining is a sort of catharsis&mdash;that by getting our feelings out rather than bottling them up, we&rsquo;ll feel better. But it turns out this is largely a myth.
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The rare spectacle of a total solar eclipse has given scientists throughout history fleeting opportunities to delve into everything from the sun&rsquo;s chemistry to Einsteinian relativity to...
-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Despite technical glitches and regulatory hurdles, nanosatellite swarms could someday be the cornerstone for revolutionary interplanetary or even interstellar space-science missions
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Western fence lizards are more spooked by red and gray shirts than they are by blue ones&mdash;perhaps because the males have blue bellies themselves. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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Tamed cats spread across the globe beginning almost 10,000 years ago, becoming the rodent-killing helpers of early farmers, mariners and Vikings.
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The birth of a first child alters parents&rsquo; lives suddenly and forever: sleepless nights, afternoons in pajamas and hardly a moment&rsquo;s respite. Parents are able to make this transition...
-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The birth of a first child alters parents&rsquo; lives suddenly and forever: sleepless nights, afternoons in pajamas and hardly a moment&rsquo;s respite. Parents are able to make this transition...
-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The debate over so-called "net neutrality" has raged for more than a decade between tech entrepreneurs and the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) who deliver digital content to our computers...
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The rare spectacle of a total solar eclipse has given scientists throughout history fleeting opportunities to delve into everything from the sun&rsquo;s chemistry to Einsteinian relativity to...
-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com